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Oldest DNA recovery

February 21 , 2021 1182 days 934 0
  • The Scientists have recovered the oldest DNA on record from the teeth of Siberian Mammoths.
  • The DNA was extracted from the molars of mammoths.
  • These mammoths were found in the north-eastern Siberia some 1.2 million years ago.
  • DNA was recovered and sequenced from the remains of three individual mammoths.
  • The mammoths were among the large mammals who dominated Ice Age landscapes.
  • Mammoths is the species of extinct elephantid of genus Mammuthus.

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